Archive for July, 2006
My Email to Steve and His To Me
Dear Mr. Harper,
I’d like to commend you for diverting your plane to Cyprus to bring home some of the Canadians escaping the violence in Lebanon. It was the right thing to do. I’m also pleased to see steady progress in bringing others out via ships. However, your government is doing something very wrong in the [...]
Mistaking A Microphone For A Bullhorn
May I share a deeply felt broadcasting pet peeve? Thank you.
The other day I heard a rather experienced talk show host open up their show by saying, “Hey everyone!” Maybe you’re not in radio and you’ve never really thought about this before. Maybe you’re a radio student and you’ve just had this drilled into your [...]
Mark Hudson and His Brothers, Before “The One”
Reading about the terrible ratings failure of The One, the American Idol-ish reality show on ABC hosted by George Strombo, took me back to my pre-teen days at the mention of one of the show’s judges, Mark Hudson. Tell me please, why does every talent competition have to have one white guy, one black guy, [...]
Read More..>>The Skinny On Our Weight Obsession
Andrea the red-headed cashier from Whitby, was chosen Canada’s Next Top Model. Andrea’s response to repeatedly being called “too skinny?” “My opponent’s upper body looks like a hockey player!” Oscar winner Kate Hudson today won her libel case against the UK Enquirer tabloid for calling her “dangerously thin”. Most Hollywood stars are dangerously thin. Only [...]
Read More..>>Bad Times For Brinkley
Being beautiful doesn’t protect a person from heartbreak. Being stunningly, uniquely and nearly perfectly gorgeous isn’t a guard against having terrible things happen to you. Just ask Christie Brinkley.
The 52 year old supermodel and her husband of 10 years, Peter Cook, have just announced their separation. If the New York Daily News report is true, [...]
Double Yous
A segment of the population somehow misunderstood the way one should verbalize an internet address and someone, somehow has to correct them. It may as well be me.
There seems to be large number of people who can’t say three w’s in a row. When they tell you web address they’ll say “w w dot”, completely [...]
